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LEFT: JUICE - Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Launched: 2023, April 14
Operator: ESA
Status: ACTIVE
Jupiter Orbital Insertion: 2031, July
Image Credit: ESA, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 - More details
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Explore Space and Science provides space based materials, that are accessible on this page, or our Facebook page.

Explore Space and Science was launched in May 2024. We really would value your interest, attention and support to help us reach more people in the coming months as we add more content and materials.

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Horsehead Nebula, Orion Constellation. Image taken by the Euclid Space Telescope. Image Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Horsehead Nebula, Orion Constellation. Image taken by the Euclid Space Telescope.

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The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is aproximately 1375 light years away, and sits just south of the star Alnitak which is part of the three stars that make up Orion's belt. More about this image on the ESA Website image page.

Image Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Image downloaded from Wikipedia image page, original image is available on the ESA Website image page.

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Please consider exploring the following resources made available:

Moons of the Solar System

Moons of the Solar System, with images to scale, and also see details about some of the latest missions to explore some of these moons.
Moons of the Solar System to scaled according to the size of the Moon. Credit: NASA and other authors. Originally uploaded from NASA by Bricktop; edited by Deuar, KFP, TotoBaggins, City303, JCPagc2015
Image Credit: NASA and other authors.
See the moons of the solar system page.

Mars Maps

High resolution maps of Mars with location names.
Topographic Map of Mars by U.S. Geological Survey, using Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data collected by NASAs Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). Date: 2003. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) / NASA
Image Credit: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) / NASA
See the Mars maps page.

Planets and the Moon's Diameters Compared

Planets and the Moon's Diameters compared using NASA data, with visual comparisons. Order by the distance from the Sun or the diameters of each.
See the planets and the Moon's diameters compared.

Spacecraft / Space Missions of Interest

Currently there is a mission by the CNSA to get samples from the far side of the Moon. There are also two missions to explore the moons of Jupiter with the Europa Clipper Mission (NASA) and JUICE (ESA). JUICE has launched, and the Europa Clipper Mission is planned to launch in October, 2024.
STEREO spacecraft (artist's rendering), Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
STEREO spacecraft (artist's rendering). Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
See the active spacecraft and space missions of interest details page.

Explore Space and Science and Xalyse Analysis Tools

Explore Space and Science is a project that uses Xalyse.com Analysis Tools, and is hosted on the same website. Explore Space and Science is currently hosted at: https://explore.xalyse.com.

You can read more about Xalyse.com Analysis Tools on its about page here.

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